Day 6: Stunning play. Magnus levels #c24live #ImpactChess

Back pain couldn't stand in the way of Magnus winning on demand to force an epic Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour decider tomorrow, when $220,000 will be on the line!
https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/kiva-finals-of-the-magnus-carlsen-chess-tour-2020/10/1/1
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The world champ starts the 6th must-win set with a brilliant victory.

23.Nxg7!!
Great sacrifice and win by the World Champion #impactchess

#OnThisDay in 1909 Olga Rubtsova was born. She was a four-time Soviet women's champion and the fourth women's world champion (1956-1958). Later she also became the first women's world correspondence chess champion, in 1972. [Image from Dutch newsreel at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olga_Rubtsova]

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📽 This 1957 video shows 1st Women's Chess Olympiad and you can see Olga Rubtsova who played for the winning Soviet Union team.

Сredit:Netherlands Institute for Sound & Vision
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Kira Zvorykina and Olga Rubtsova, the winning Soviet Union team.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Women%27s_Chess_Olympiad

To refer to the oft mooted question, "Which piece is stronger, the Bishop or the Knight?" it is clear that the value of the Bishop undergoes greater changes than that of the Knight.

🔸 Emanuel Lasker

Workers of the VAZ Volga automobile plant play chess, Togliatti, USSR, 1981

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The great Leonard Barden turns 91 today. https://bit.ly/2QaCdxW

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Move of the Day!

Daily chess puzzle
Seegolam - Muendle, Chess Olympiad, Manila 1992

https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/169160

Congratulations to Magnus Carlsen on winning the Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour and $140,000 after an absolutely epic final against Hikaru Nakamura!

https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/kiva-finals-of-the-magnus-carlsen-chess-tour-2020/11/1/7

Magnus Carlsen wins the MC Tour Finals after beating Hikaru Nakamura in a 7-set thrilling match.

The two players fought an equal battle for 6 sets and the 4 rapid + 2 blitz games of the 7th set to decide the champion through an Armageddon. Big Congrats! #ImpactChess

Magnus Carlsen won a truly epic match against Hikaru Nakamura. Check out our final video report on the final set!
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As close to losing as you can get!♟ #c24live #ImpactChess